Romney comfortable lead over Gingrich among Fla. Hispanic Republicans

49% to 23% with Fla. Latino GOPers

From ABC News, "Obama Leads by Wide Margins Among Latinos, but Florida in Play for GOP" Jan. 25:

In the Sunshine State, where about one in 10 likely Republican primary voters are Latino, Mitt Romney has a large, 26-point lead over his closest rival Newt Gingrich, 49 percent to 23 percent among Latino Republicans. Among all Florida Latinos, the margin is 35 to 20 in favor of Romney, with 21 percent undecided.

Romney’s support appears to be driven by the state’s most influential Latino Republican voting bloc, Cuban-Americans. Among Florida Latinos of Cuban origin... Romney leads Gingrich by 32 points, 49 percent to 17 percent.

Romney has secured the endorsement of a slew of key Florida Republicans with Cuban roots, such as Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, and former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a lineup that featured in a Spanish-language ad that the former Massachusetts governor released in the state.

Editor's note - Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the House Homeland Security Comm., is a favorite of this website, being a staunch supporter of Israel, and fierce opponent of Radical Islam and the administration's politically correct policies on fighting terrorism.